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57 Claims.

This invention relates to grinding machines and is designed particularly with a view to its use in grinding successively each of'several bearings on a'cam shaft, and one of the principal objects is to provide a grinding machine having means for eifecting a cycle of operations each of which operations is controlled by a sizing device.

A general object of the machine is to provide a grinding machine in which the bearings on the shaft may be ground and sized and the work carriage moved past the grinding wheel to position new bearings before the wheel and to move the wheel to grinding position and in which all of the several movements of the machine are automatically controlled. I

A still further object is to provide wheel feed means in which the slow feed of the wheel base toward the work may be regulated in accordance with the amount of stock to be removed from the respective bearing.

A still further object is to provide a hydraulic control system for operating the several devices on the machine and which is itself controlled by a sizing device in response to reduction in the size of the work.

Further objects are to provide new and improved head and tail stocks, new and improved wheel feed mechanism, new and improved back rests and work supports, and new and improved work sizing devices. I

Further general objects and advantages will become apparent from the description which fol-- lows.

Referring to the accompanying drawings. which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a grinding machine constructed according to my invention,

Figure 2, a longitudinal section of a tail stock for supporting one end of the work,

Figure 3, an end elevation of the tail stock looking from the right in Figure 2, I

Figure 4, a longitudinal section of .a portion of the inner end of the head-stock,

Figure 5, a longitudinal section of a portion of the outer end of the head-stock,

Flgurefi, a face view of the head-stock looking from the right along line 6-6 of Figure 4,

Figure '7, a section on line 'l-I of Figure 4,

rests showing a part of a sizing device in section and a part of a cushioning device forthe backrest in longitudinal section,

Figure 9, a longitudinal section on line .9-9 of Figure 8,

Figure 8, a plan view of one of the end back.-'

Figure 10, a side elevation of the center backrest,

Figure 11, a plan view of the center backrest with parts shown in section,,

Figure 12, a. side elevation of a control valve 5 for operating the back rests and the sizing devices,

Figure 13, a section on line l3- -I3 of Figure 12,

Figure 14, a longitudinal section of the control valve taken on line l4l4 of Figure 12,

Figure 15, a section on line -15 of Figure 14, 10

Figure 16, an end view of the control valve showing dogs for operating the star wheel on the valve.

Figure 17 is a view in elevation showing the operating dogs on the bed of the machine and 15 7 their relation to star wheel operating devices for the valve which controls the back-rest and the sizing devices,

Figure 18, a section on line l8-l8 of Figure 14, Figures 18a, 18b and 180 are diagrammatic 20 views looking from the rear'of the machine and showing the positions of the control valve when grinding the center bearing and the right and left bearings respectively.

Figure 19 is a front elevation of means for changing from high speed to feeding-in speed of the grinding in accordance with the size of the bearing being ground,

Figure 20, a right end view on Figure 19,

Figure 21, a side elevation of a portion 'of the gear connection for operating means'flfor changing from fast to slow feeding-in of the wheel base,

I Figure 22, a horizontal section on line 2222 of Figure 21, I Figure 23, a vertical section on line 2323 of Figure 21, with the-feed motor removed so as to show in full lines the gear carrying thecontrol pins Figure 24, a side elevation-pf a portion of the wheel feerf device, a

Figure 25, a front elevation as seen from the left in Figure 24,

Figure26, a plan view of Figure 25, I I Figure 27, a front elevation of the main control valve assembly,

Figure 28, a diagrammatic view ofthe hydraulic control fluid lines, and

Figure 29, a diagrammatic view of the oil circuits and the control line,

preferably is a belt or chain. The grinding wheel is'inounted on a. wheel base 31 and. is moved toward and from the work by members which will be later described. The grinding wheel is driven by means of an electric motor 38 mounted on the wheel base 31.

7 Head and tail-stocks The tail-stock 33 comprises a cylindrical housing having a piston 39 operable therein. The inner end of the piston 39 is chambered to receive 1 a tapered work engaging center 40. A cup 4| is secured to the end of the piston 39 and engages over the cylindrical end of the tail stock to prevent dirt or other injurious substances from entering into the cylinder in which the piston operates. The piston 39 is provided with a screw threaded plug 42 into which the threaded endof a shaft 43 engages, the plug 42 being secured in the piston by means of a screw 44. The outer end 01' the shaft 43 is screw threadedto receive a nut 45 for locking the shaft 43 in position. The purpose of the shaft is to eject the work center 40. A compression spring 46 surroundsthe shaft 43 and engages the plug 42 at one end and engages the inner end of a cover plate or plug 41 at its other end, the spring tendingto urge the piston 39 carrying the centering pin 40 toward the work. Packing glands 48 are provided about the piston 39 to prevent leakage of fluid from a chamber 49. A pressure'fluid line 50 is connected to the chamber 49 for supplying fluid under pressure for withdrawing the tail-stock out of engagement with the work..- A chamber 5! at the right of the piston 39 is provided with a drain connection 52 for conducting any fluid which may leak past the' piston back to a suitable reservoir in the bed of the machine. The tail-stock assembly is secured upon the work carriage by means of a bolt the head of which is at 53. In operation the work center 40 remains stationary, the work being rotated relative to the pin.

The head-stock 34 comprises a stationary element 54 which is chambered to receivepentering pin 55 having a pointed end engaging the depression in the end of the work 56. A shaft 51 has a screw threaded end engaging in the inner end of the work center 55. The outer end of the shaft 51 has a'n'axial bore 58 terminating in radial bores 59 which communicate with a chamber 60 surrounding the shaft 51. The bore 58 is connected to a pressure fluid line which supplies fluid for operating work driving mechanism later to be described.

The work centering'pin 55-is provided with longitudinal grooves 6I which terminate in an annular groove .62. municates with a plurality of radial passages 63 which passages in turn communicate with passage 64 in a head portion 65. The head portion 65 is secured in any suitable way to a housing 66 in which is provided a cylinder 61 in. which cylinder operates a piston 68. The cylinder 61 is provided with a port 69 through which pressure fluid is admitted from the passage 64 to the chamber at the front of the piston 68. A compression spring 10 is positioned against the inner end of the piston 68 and operates against the pressure fluid applied through the .port 69. Any leakage of pressure fluid past the piston 68 may The annular groove com-' escape through a port II which is drilled through the housing or cylinder6'l. A packing ring I2 is provided for expanding packing elements 13.

A gland I4 is urged inwardly to compress the packing by means of a ring I5 which is screw threaded within the bore in the head element 6.5. The head element 65 and the housing .66 with their associated and connected parts are mounted on the stationary element 54 and are rotated by means of a sprocket wheel I6. A work driving arm I! is mounted ,on a shaft I8 which is carried in the element 65. An arm I9 is secured to the inner end of the shaft 78 and this arm engages in a notch or slot 80 in the outer end of the piston rod 8| which is attached to the piston 68. The arm I1 has a dog 82 which engages the key slot or notch in the end of the work-piece 56. For the present purposes of description the work-piece may be regarded as a cam shaft, the bearings of which are to be ground. The work engaging arm 11 is moved to work engaging position by means of the spring I0 and is moved from work engaging position by pressure fluid applied through the ports 64, I0 and 69.

Back-rests and work supports In grinding the bearings on a cam shaft it is necessary to support the shaft opposite the grinding wheel at all times and it is advisable also to have the shaft supported intermediate its ends at all times. In order to do this we have provided back-rests 83 which support the end bearings and a slightly different form of back-rest 84 for supporting the shaft intermediate its ends. Both of the end back-rests are alike. It is necessary therefore to describe only one. This b ck-oest consists of a body portion in which is a c linder. in which operates a piston 85. It may be advisable, to provide a lining 86 in the cylinder in which the piston operates. The piston 85 is urged toward the work by fluid under pressure supplied through pipe connection to port 88. The piston is retracted by a spring 87.

The forward end of the piston rod 89 carries work engaging shoes 90. which engage the work and support it opposite the thrust of the grinding wheel. The work is supported in two or more saddles 9| which are secured upon the work rest by means of bolts 92. Movement of the backrest member toward the work is cushioned and controlled by hydraulic meanswhich consist of a cylinder 93 having a piston 94 operable therein. A spring 95 is seated between the end of the piston and the-inner end of the cylinder 93. A

plunger 96 is slidable through a plug 91 which is screw-threaded into the head 98 of the cylinder. The outer end of the plunger 96 carries an adjustable nut 99 which engages the outer end of a lever I00 which lever is pivoted at IN to the backrest casing. The inner end of the lever I 00 extends into a slot I02 in the piston rod 89. A spring I03 attached to the end of the lever I00 at one end and attached in the cover 98 at its other end tends to rock the lever I00 in ace unterclockwise direction to hold it against the end of the plunger 96. A fluid reservoir I04 is mounted on the back rest casing and communicates through ports I05 and I06 with the chamber at the rear of the piston 94. The ports are provided with" suitable check valves not shown and restricted passages controlled by needle valves I01 to permit fluid to flow freely from the reservoir into the chamber at the rear of piston 94 but to restrict the flow of fluid out of the chamber at the rear of piston 94. The piston 84 and 

